Dear Nick:

I am asking you these questions because I am trying to understand your anxiety better, and  I think that there  is something  to look at outside the “Body issues/Anger with family for  teasing”  (the title  of your thread and what you and  I have been focused on  all along). If you want  to continue this exploration, you can answer more  questions:

1. June 20 last year you wrote: “there other  times  where I  am personally bothered by things  I  did  or  said  to my family in my teens that  wasn’t nice”- what were  those things  you did and said, how old were  you, how often?

2. Yesterday you wrote: “when I was  younger I had a  habit  of lying  for  which they would  scold  me”- what did you lie about and  why?  Tell me more  about that habit-of-lying.

3. You wrote yesterday: “in high school, I  once  got a B in a course. I had wanted to graduate with a  perfect 4.0”- why do you think you wanted a perfect 4.0, do you know?

4. Tell me more about  your relationship with your mother early in your life, before she teased you and  unrelated to teasing you. Were you angry at her, and  if so, what was that about? Were you angry at your father?

anita